Hand-off Control Patents (Class 370/331)
  • Patent number: 11595854
    Abstract: According to an example implementation, a method may include transmitting, by a user device to a base station in a wireless network, a system information request for on-demand system information during a random access procedure, where the system information request is a request for one or more parameters that enable the user device to communicate in the wireless network, receiving, by the user device from the base station, an indication of a wait period in which the user device waits before obtaining the on-demand system information, waiting, by the user device, a time duration during the wait period, and monitoring, by the user device after expiration of the wait period, a system information window in which a system information message having the on-demand system information is broadcasted by the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Samuli Heikki Turtinen, Ahmad Awada
  • Patent number: 11595105
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, an apparatus may transmit, to a base station, a request to transmit uplink control information (UCI), for a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) group that includes a primary cell (PCell) and for a second PUCCH group that includes a PUCCH secondary cell (SCell), via the PUCCH SCell. The apparatus may receive, from the base station, an indication of whether the request is rejected or approved. Numerous other aspects are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Shanyu Zhou, Jelena Damnjanovic, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11589212
    Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal including a transceiver; and at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor transmits a first message which makes a request for an event to a subscription relay server, receives event-related information from the subscription relay server in response to the first message, transmits a second message which makes a request for an event to a profile provision server, based on the event-related information, and controls the transceiver to receive information related to event processing from the profile provision server in response to the second message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyewon Lee, Jonghan Park, Duckey Lee
  • Patent number: 11588861
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a communication circuit, a processor, operatively connected to the communication circuit, and a memory operatively connected to the processor. The memory may store instructions to cause the processor to update an application including IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)-related data. Based on the update data received from a server through the communication circuit, obtain the updated IMS-related data through the application when the application is updated, and renew the IMS configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wooyong Lee, Hyunjae Kim, Seunghoon Nam, Yeungseob Shin
  • Patent number: 11588519
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for aligning a smartphone providing NFC wireless power for charging a battery of a device, the method comprising: emitting, with a first NFC antenna of the smartphone, an NFC field for wirelessly charging the battery of the device comprising a second NFC antenna; obtaining, with the smartphone, a measured value of a signal representative of the NFC field strength between the smartphone and the device; determining, by the smartphone, a range of values of a plurality of ranges of values the measured value belongs; and emitting, by the smartphone, at least one notification signal to a user with a frequency determined by the determined range of values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: STMICROELECTRONICS LTD, STMICROELECTRONICS (ROUSSET) SAS
    Inventors: Chia Hao Chen, Nicolas Cordier
  • Patent number: 11589405
    Abstract: A method includes determining, by a user equipment (UE), to use a first radio access technology, and triggering, by the UE, a first event to disable a second radio access technology while the UE currently uses the second radio access technology. The first event indicates that a base station fails to configure a secondary cell or instructs the base station to delete a configured secondary cell. The secondary cell is a secondary cell of the second radio access technology on the unlicensed spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanzhao He, Li Shen, Yuan-Hao Lan
  • Patent number: 11588542
    Abstract: A method and system for improving link performance for a user terminal (UT) in a satellite network is disclosed. The method including: providing a first beam servicing a first service area that is adjacent a second service area serviced by a second beam; transmitting, from the first service area, a transmission via the first beam to a receiver via a satellite; beamforming the first beam and the second beam at the receiver; extracting the first beam and a remnant signal of the first beam from the second beam; and processing the first beam and the remnant signal to receive the transmission, wherein the remnant signal may include a portion of the transmission received by a second beam antenna of the satellite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hughes Network Systems, LLC
    Inventor: Channasandra Ravishankar
  • Patent number: 11589408
    Abstract: A mobile station including: a communication unit that includes a first logical processing subject and a second logical processing subject that operates in association with the first logical processing subject and performs multiple communications with a first wireless communication apparatus and a second wireless communication apparatus; an accumulation unit that accumulates data received from the second wireless communication apparatus; and a notifying unit that notifies the first wireless communication apparatus of data receiving status in the accumulation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: FUJITSU CONNECTED TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ohta, Shinichiro Aikawa
  • Patent number: 11589238
    Abstract: Apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for selecting a non-3GPP access network. One apparatus includes a processor and a transceiver for communicating with one or more non-3GPP access networks. The processor creates a first list of available PLMNs connectable via non-3GPP access networks. Here, the first list indicates one or more trusted connectivity types supported for each PLMN. The processor selects a first PLMN and a first connectivity type supported by the first PLMN. The processor creates a second list of available non-3GPP access networks. The processor selects a highest priority available non-3GPP network that supports the first connectivity type to the first PLMN. The processor begins a connectivity procedure with the first PLMN using the first connectivity type over the selected non-3GPP access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Apostolis Salkintzis, Dimitrios Karampatsis, Genadi Velev
  • Patent number: 11582721
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A first user equipment (UE) in a wireless communications system, such as a vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications systems, may communicate over sidelink to other UEs. The first UE may receive, from a base station, control signaling indicating a sidelink resource pool allocated for sidelink communication between the first UE and a second UE. The first UE may transmit an indication that superposition coding may be used to generate a concurrent sidelink and uplink transmission. The first UE may then transmit the concurrent sidelink and uplink transmission within a resource of the sidelink resource pool based on the indication. The second UE may decode the sidelink portion of the transmission, and the base station may decode the uplink portion of the transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Anantharaman Balasubramanian, Shuanshuan Wu, Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Kapil Gulati
  • Patent number: 11582645
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling data split of a dual-connected user equipment device (UE) when the UE has at least two co-existing air-interface connections including a first air-interface connection with a first access node and a second air-interface connection with a second access node. An example method includes (i) comparing an aggregate frequency bandwidth of the first air-interface connection with an aggregate frequency bandwidth of the second air-interface connection, (ii) based at least on the comparing, establishing a split ratio that defines a distribution of data flow of the UE between at least the first air-interface connection and the second air-interface connection, and (iii) based on the establishing, causing the established split ratio to be applied. Further the method could include using the comparison as a basis to set one of the UE's air-interface connections as the UE's primary uplink path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LLC
    Inventor: Sreekar Marupaduga
  • Patent number: 11582708
    Abstract: A method is provided for synchronizing timing in phase and frequency of clocks associated with a plurality of radio nodes (RNs) in a small cell radio access network (RAN) having an access controller operatively coupled to each of the RNs. In accordance with the method, a donor list is generated for each given RN in the RAN. The donor list represents an ordered list of potential wireless access points that are able to serve as a source of a wireless sync signal for the given RN. The donor lists are distributed to the respective RNs. An access point is selected by each of the RNs from their respective donor lists to use as a sync signal source. Each of the RNs synchronize their respective clocks in phase and frequency using wireless sync signals received from the respective selected access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Tsung-Yi Chen, Olivier Duval, Hithesh Nama
  • Patent number: 11581997
    Abstract: A method and a device for transmitting and receiving PPDU on the basis of FDR in a wireless LAN system are presented. More particularly, an AP transmits a trigger frame to an STA. The AP transmits downlink (DL) PPDU to the STA on the basis of the AP trigger frame. The AP receives uplink (UL) PPDU from the STA on the basis of the trigger frame. The trigger frame includes a first common information field. The first common information field includes a trigger type field, a length field, and a bandwidth field. The length field comprises information on the length of the longest PPDU of the DL PPDU and the UL PPDU. The bandwidth field comprises information on the total bandwidth over which the DL PPDU and the UL PPDU are transmitted. The DL PPDU and the UL PPDU are transmitted and received on the basis of FDR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Eunsung Park, Jeongki Kim, Kiseon Ryu, Dongguk Lim, Jinsoo Choi
  • Patent number: 11582635
    Abstract: Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a first wireless communication device may iterate a value of a channel access counter (CAC) to a trigger value based at least in part on configuring the value of the CAC. In some aspects, the first wireless communication device may utilize a channel access mechanism to select a set of time-frequency resources for a transmission of a packet based at least in part on iterating the value of the CAC to the trigger value. In some aspects, the first wireless communication device may transmit the packet to a second wireless communication device via the set of time-frequency resources based at least in part on utilizing the channel access mechanism to select the set of time-frequency resources for the transmission. Numerous other aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Sudhir Kumar Baghel, Junyi Li, Shailesh Patil, Kapil Gulati, Wanshi Chen, Arjun Bharadwaj
  • Patent number: 11576087
    Abstract: A core network device receives a fallback identifier from an access network device in a first radio access network when radio access technology (RAT) of a terminal is falling back from RAT of the first radio access network to RAT of a second radio access network. The first radio access network is a 5G network, and the second radio access network is a 4G network. The core network device determines, according to the fallback identifier, that the fallback of the RAT of the terminal from the RAT of the first radio access network to the RAT of the second radio access network is for establishing a voice service under the second radio access network. After the RAT of the terminal falls back from the RAT of the first radio access network to the RAT of the second radio access network, the core network device establishes a bearer/flow for the voice service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Hai Tang
  • Patent number: 11576091
    Abstract: A handover method includes receiving, by a target master base station, a handover request from a source master base station. The handover request is useable to request handover of a user equipment from the source master base station to the target master base station. The method further includes sending, by the target master base station, a handover request acknowledgment message to the source master base station based on the handover request, establishing, by the target master base station, a communication connection to the user equipment, and adding, by the target master base station, a secondary base station for the user equipment. The handover request acknowledgment message indicates that the target master base station allows the user equipment to be handed over from the source master base station to the target master base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guanchen Li
  • Patent number: 11576114
    Abstract: A data packet processing method, a terminal, and a gateway, where the terminal, determines to transmit network traffic using a first network and a second network simultaneously based on an aggregation flow table, and upon that determination, the terminal sends a quantity of first uplink data packets to the gateway using a first network interface card corresponding to the first network, and sends a quantity of second uplink data packets belonging to the same Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection as the first uplink data packets to the gateway using a second network interface card corresponding to the second network, where a source Internet Protocol (IP) address carried in each of the first uplink data packets is the IP address of the first network interface card, and a source IP address carried in each of the second uplink data packets is the IP address of the second network interface card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi Tu, Yulong Zeng, Xihua Huang
  • Patent number: 11576099
    Abstract: A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) and a method comprising monitoring a plurality of cells for ACK/NACK information, each of the plurality of cells including a plurality of downlink channels, for each of the plurality of cells, determining a subset of the downlink channels for the cell, and, for each of the plurality of cells, monitoring the subset of downlink channels for one or more downlink messages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Pantech Wireless, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen G. Dick, Stephen E. Terry, Guodong Zhang, James M. Miller, Sung-Hyuk Shin
  • Patent number: 11576090
    Abstract: Techniques are described herein for handling handover requests from a user device. The techniques include receiving a handover request from a user device connected to a first access network and identifying an evolved packet data gateway (ePDG) serving the user device. The user device provides to the ePDG, measurement reports indicating network conditions. The techniques further include receiving the measurement report from the ePDG and determining whether a measurement in the measurement report is above a predetermined threshold. If the measurement is above the predetermined threshold, the handover request is accepted to enable the user device to connect to a second access network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: T-Mobile USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Adnan Rahat, Shujaur Mufti
  • Patent number: 11575667
    Abstract: A system and method provides security features for inter-computer communications. A user identifier of the user that cannot be used to log the user in to a data consolidating system is received by a matching system from the data consolidating system. The validity of the user is checked at the matching system and, in response to the checking, the user identifier is converted to a different user identifier and the different user identifier is provided to a data providing system by the matching system. The data providing system provides the data of the user in response, and the matching system forwards the data to the data consolidating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
    Inventor: William Page
  • Patent number: 11576112
    Abstract: During a communication technique, an access point provides a message that includes one or more public land mobile network identifiers of one or more cellular-telephone networks that are supported by the access point. Then, an electronic device, which received the message, provides a candidate list specifying one or more access points that support communication with a cellular telephone network to a radio node that is associated with this cellular-telephone network. By communicating with a wireless-local-area-network (WLAN) controller, the radio node validates the one or more access points, and selects a target access point based on performance feedback from the WLAN controller. Next, the radio node instructs the electronic device to associate with the target access point. Moreover, the radio node and the target access point establish a secure-communication pathway, which allows the radio node to communicate data to the electronic device via the access point using an LTE Wi-Fi aggregation protocol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Steve A. Martin, Henry H. Tzeng, Sudhakar Padala, Ron Mok, Shailender Potharaju, Stuart Kerry, Sandip C. Patel
  • Patent number: 11570808
    Abstract: A random access channel (RACH) procedure allows a user equipment (UE) to achieve synchronization with a network and obtain network resources and services from a scheduling entity. This disclosure provides various options for implementing a two-step RACH procedure that can support various UE behaviors in relation to using or not using a time symbol gap between a physical random access channel (PRACH) resource and a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jing Sun, Xiaoxia Zhang, Peter Gaal, Stefan Brueck
  • Patent number: 11570582
    Abstract: A mobile device (10) subscribes to receive messages targeted to a first geographical area (18-A), e.g., a first tile or area of a grid for geocasting. The mobile device (10) also subscribes to receive messages targeted to a second geographical area (18-B), e.g., a second tile or area of the grid for geocasting. The mobile device (10) notably does this such that the mobile device (10) is simultaneously subscribed to receive messages targeted to the first geographical area (18-A) and to receive messages targeted to the second geographical area (18-B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Ali El Essaili, Yunpeng Zang, Thorsten Lohmar, Maciej Muehleisen, Joakim Åkesson
  • Patent number: 11570701
    Abstract: A network search method includes presetting, by a terminal device, a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and a networking mode associated with the PLMN, searching, by the terminal device based on a geographical location to obtain PLMN information of a current geographical location, determining, by the terminal device based on the preset PLMN and the networking mode associated with the PLMN, a current networking mode of the terminal device, and switching, by the terminal device, the networking mode based on a geographical location, signal strength, and a system message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenrong Wei, Li Shen, Hui Jin, Hao Song, Yanzhao He
  • Patent number: 11570694
    Abstract: Described is an apparatus of a User Equipment (UE). The apparatus may comprise a first circuitry, a second circuitry, and a third circuitry. The first circuitry may be operable to determine that the UE is in an Inactive Radio Resource Control (RRC) state. The second circuitry may be operable to process a first transmission received by the UE while the UE is in the Inactive RRC state, the first transmission carrying a set of one or more Access Control (AC) parameters. The third circuitry may be operable to regulate the sending of a second transmission, in accordance with the set of one or more AC parameters, while the UE is in the Inactive RRC state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hyung-Nam Choi, Marta Martinez Tarradell, Sudeep Palat, Robert Zaus, Youn Hyoung Heo, Richard Burbidge
  • Patent number: 11570833
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for operation of a dual-connectivity enabled premises device in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, the methods and apparatus utilize so-called “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a cellular wireless communication network (e.g. having 4G/4.5G LTE and 5G NR base stations) for the provision of services to a number of installed enhanced fixed wireless apparatus (FWAe) at user or subscriber premises. The FWAe has dual-connectivity functionality, and can connect to two different access technologies simultaneously. The FWAe (and base stations) also support a “split” mode of operation wherein each air interface is selectively used for only certain types of traffic (e.g., UL or DL only).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
    Inventors: Volkan Sevindik, Haider Syed
  • Patent number: 11564078
    Abstract: A method for gateway recovery processing and device, the method comprising: a first mobility management unit receiving Packet Data Network (PDN) connection signaling, and triggering a paging procedure for a terminal; in response to determining that the paging procedure fails, the first mobility management unit setting and storing flag information, wherein the flag information is used to indicate that the PDN connection signaling is in a suspended state; and in a case where the terminal moves from a coverage area of the first mobility management unit to a coverage area of a second mobility management unit, the first mobility management unit sending the flag information to the second mobility management unit, wherein the flag information is used for the second mobility management unit to trigger a Serving Gateway (SGW) to send a bearer update request message to a PDN Gateway (PGW).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Fei Lu
  • Patent number: 11558920
    Abstract: A wireless User Equipment (UE) controls a wireless network slice type that has slice requirements. In the UE, source Radio Resource Control (RRC) circuitry exchanges source signaling with a source Access and Mobility Management Function (AMF). During the exchange of the source signaling, target RRC circuitry exchanges target signaling with target AMFs and determines AMF characteristics. The target RRC circuitry compares the AMF characteristics to the slice requirements and selects one of the target AMFs based on the comparison. The source or target RRC circuitry exchange additional target signaling with the selected one of the target AMFs to use the wireless network slice type. User-plane circuitry exchanges user data with the wireless network slice which is controlled by the selected target AMF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Anurag Thantharate, Sreekar Marupaduga, Kavitha Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 11558780
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for user transfer in a Cloud-radio access network (C-RAN) are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method includes in response to a request for migrating a user from a first user equipment (UE) virtualized network function component (VNFC) to a second UE VNFC, receiving at the second UE VNFC, dynamic context information of packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) layer and radio link control (RLC) layer for data transmission of the user from the first UE VNFC. The method further includes continuing process of the data transmission of the user at the second UE VNFC based on the dynamic context information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Lei Xu, Jiaping Yang
  • Patent number: 11553388
    Abstract: A communication device for handling mobility from a long-term evolution (LTE) network to a fifth generation (5G) network comprises a storage device storing instructions of transmitting a first LTE Non-Access Stratum (NAS) message to the LTE network; receiving a second LTE NAS message in response to the first LTE NAS message, from the LTE network; and transmitting a message to the 5G network, after determining to communicate with the 5G network instead of the LTE network, wherein the message comprises a slice information, and the slice information is comprised in the first LTE NAS message or in the second LTE NAS message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiang Wu
  • Patent number: 11552701
    Abstract: A method for performing a handover operation includes using one or more processors of a non-terrestrial node to initiate communication with a first terrestrial node of a network, the terrestrial node having a first unique node identifier and a cell identifier and store a mapping that associates the first unique node identifier with the cell identifier. The method also includes using the one or more processors to receive an indicator that the mapping is subject to change and update the mapping to associate a second unique node identifier of a second terrestrial node of the network with the cell identifier based on the received indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Aalyria Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sharath Ananth, Brian Barritt, Pavan Nuggehalli
  • Patent number: 11553258
    Abstract: A method comprising: authoring a first section of a first media format, wherein the first section comprises type and length fields of the first section, wherein the type value of the first section of the first media format is such that allows parsers of the first media format ignore the first section; one or more entire sections complying with a second media format; and a section header of a bridge section complying with the second media format, wherein the section header comprises type and length fields; authoring a second section of the first media format, comprising type and length fields of the second section; and data complying with the second media format; and setting the content of the first section to be such that it allows parsers of the second media format ignore the type and length fields of the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Miska Hannuksela, Emre Aksu
  • Patent number: 11553552
    Abstract: To provide a communication terminal that ensures the coincidence of Paging timing between a UE and a control device when an eDRX parameter is updated in a control device, a communication terminal (10) according to the present disclosure includes a receiving unit (11) for receiving a Tracking Area Registration Accept message or a Location Registration Accept message sent from a control device (30), and a sending unit (12) for sending a Tracking Area Registration Complete message or a Location Registration Complete message to the control device (30) when a first eDRX (Extended Idle Mode DRX) parameter is contained in the Tracking Area Registration Accept message or the Location Registration Accept message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Tamura, Kouji Shimizu, Takahiro Aoki, Hitoshi Naoe
  • Patent number: 11546813
    Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for wireless communications. Random access procedures may include various types of procedures, such as 4-step or 2-step random access procedures. One or more indicators may be included in one or more messages for a handover to indicate a type of a random access procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
    Inventors: Kyungmin Park, Esmael Dinan, Hyoungsuk Jeon
  • Patent number: 11546820
    Abstract: A User Equipment (UE) including a wireless transceiver and a controller is provided. The wireless transceiver performs wireless transmission and reception to and from a first cellular station and a second cellular station. The controller continues to send or receive UP data to or from the first cellular station via the wireless transceiver after receiving a handover command message for a handover of the UE from the first cellular station to the second cellular station, and receives a Radio Resource Control (RRC) request message from the second cellular station via the wireless transceiver after sending a handover complete message to the second cellular station. Also, the controller detaches from the first cellular station in response to receiving the RRC request message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Chun-Fan Tsai, Yuanyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11546906
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for switching control beams in multi-link systems using new radio (NR) technology multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. A user equipment (UE) may obtain a configuration from a base station (BS) comprising at least one first pattern of beams to monitor when performing a beam recovery procedure, communicate using beamforming, with the BS, via an active transmit and receive beam pair, determine a beam failure of the active transmit and receive beam pair, and monitor the beams according to the first pattern in response to the beam failure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Makesh Pravin John Wilson, Tao Luo, Sony Akkarakaran, Xiao Feng Wang, Sumeeth Nagaraja
  • Patent number: 11546886
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for communications are provided. In the methods, a network device sends first indication information to a terminal device, where the first indication information indicates a first bandwidth part (BWP) that is to be activated, other than a primary BWP, to the terminal device, and the primary BWP is a BWP that remains activated between the terminal device and the network device. The network device communicates with the terminal device in an activated first BWP and the primary BWP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinxian Li, Hao Tang, Zhenfei Tang
  • Patent number: 11540190
    Abstract: Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for deploying an unmanned vehicle base station (BS) are provided. One method may include receiving an indication from at least one device of its capability to switch to a temporary cell of an unmanned vehicle base station (BS), and determining, based on knowledge of locations on a planned path of the unmanned vehicle base station (BS), which of the at least one device is located within coverage of one of the locations on the planned path. The method may then include configuring discontinuous reception cycles or Power-Saving Mode (PSM) of the at least one device so that the at least one device is awake when the unmanned vehicle base station (BS) establishes the temporary cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
    Inventors: Nitin Mangalvedhe, Istvan Kovacs, Benedek Schultz, Elena Virtej, Jeroen Wigard, Mikko Säily
  • Patent number: 11540203
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a user equipment (UE) dynamically adjusting a non-access stratum (NAS) timer. Specifically, the UE may determine operation in a wideband and support of an extended coverage (EC) restriction. The UE may further identify a duration of a non-access stratum (NAS) timer based on determining operation in the wideband and the EC restriction. The UE may further transmit an access request message to a network entity to trigger a mobility management procedure. The UE may further receive an acceptance message from the network entity indicating an unrestricted or restricted status of the EC restriction. The UE may further apply the duration to the NAS timer based on the acceptance message indicating the unrestricted or restricted status of the EC restriction received from the network entity or a history of EC restrictions of a public land mobile network (PLMN) in a defined geographic area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Osama Lotfallah, Amer Catovic, Liangchi Hsu, Lenaig Genevieve Chaponniere, Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam
  • Patent number: 11540180
    Abstract: When an access node is providing a UE with carrier-aggregation service on a PCell in combination with one or more SCells and the UE engages in a voice call including uplink voice communication on the PCell, the access node will determine that there is a threshold high level of IMD on the uplink resulting from concurrent downlink transmissions, and the access node will responsively swap the UE's PCell with one of the UE's one or more SCells. In a representative implementation, the decision to swap these carriers in the UE's connection could be based on a further determination that the level of IMD on the uplink of the SCell is not threshold high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Sprint Spectrum LLC
    Inventors: Sreekar Marupaduga, Mark Wade
  • Patent number: 11540188
    Abstract: In a terminal roaming steering method, a steering protocol supported by a terminal and a second AP are determined, and the terminal is steered, based on the steering protocol supported by the terminal, to roam from a first AP to the second AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fuqing Sun, Zhi Ma, Xiaofei Bai, Dewei Bao
  • Patent number: 11533780
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media described herein can be operable to provide a 6 GHz backhaul within a premise. Adapters may facilitate a conversion of communications between one or more local area networks and one or more wide area networks. A 6 GHz backhaul may be used by one or more access points to support various wireless services having unique or differing operational and bandwidth requirements. A 6 GHz backhaul may be used to pass communications between an adapter and a network interface device and/or between the adapter and one or more access points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPIRSE LLC
    Inventors: Carol J. Ansley, Charles Peter Cheevers, Ian G. Wheelock, Thomas B. Gravely
  • Patent number: 11533591
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for a V2X communication configuration based on geographical location. Configuring the V2X communication can include generating a partitioned cell communication area; determining a presence of a UE in a geographical location of the partitioned cell communication area, wherein the UE is associated with a vehicle; and configuring a UL communication between the UE and the V2X server based on the geographical location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Mikhail Shilov, Alexey Khoryaev, Sergey Panteleev, Dmitry Belov
  • Patent number: 11528221
    Abstract: A method including communicating, by a first device in communication with a second device in a mesh network, meshnet data with the second device based at least in part on utilizing a meshnet local port dedicated for communicating the meshnet data; and transmitting, by the first device to a control infrastructure device, a binding request based at least in part on utilizing the meshnet local port, the binding request requesting the control infrastructure to determine a currently allocated public port associated with the first device. Various other aspects are contemplated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: UAB 360 IT
    Inventors: Benas Orlovas, Kristupas Antanavi{hacek over (c)}ius
  • Patent number: 11528643
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to wireless communications, and more particularly, to techniques for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE). Embodiments include reporting, to a network entity, a capability of the UE to support beam failure recovery (BFR) on one or more secondary cells (SCells). Embodiments include detecting a beam failure of a beam pair link (BPL) associated with an Scell of the one or more SCells. Embodiments include performing a BFR in accordance with the reported capability, in response to the detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Jung Ho Ryu, Yan Zhou, Tao Luo
  • Patent number: 11528616
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a device. A Long Term Evolution Unlicensed (LTE-U) device may transmit an enhanced preamble that may be understood by Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) devices, in addition to conveying a characteristic that is detectable by receiving LTE-U devices. The transmitting LTE-U device may generate the enhanced preamble by generating a first training field and a second training field. The characteristic that is detectable by receiving LTE-U devices may be a phase shift between the first and second training fields. Additionally or alternatively, the characteristic may be a sequence or tone mapping of the first or second training field. In some cases, the transmitting LTE-U device may introduce a third training field to the preamble which serves as the characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Tao Luo, Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Bin Tian, Rahul Malik
  • Patent number: 11523310
    Abstract: A redirection method, a communications system, and a communications apparatus, to implement redirection of a terminal between different systems, and further implement redirection between a 5th generation system (5GS) and an evolved packet system (EPS). The method includes: a mobility management network element in a first system determining, based on a cellular Internet of things (CIOT) feature supported by a terminal in a second system and a CIOT feature preferred by the terminal in the second system, to redirect the terminal to the second system; and the mobility management network element in the first system sending redirection indication information to the terminal, where the redirection indication information indicates the terminal to redirect to the second system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qianghua Zhu, Fenqin Zhu, Wenfu Wu
  • Patent number: 11523308
    Abstract: A communication method and a communications apparatus, the method including receiving, by an access and mobility management function (AMF) entity, a first message from a first access network device, where the first message comprises information for indicating to hand over a voice service of a terminal from a packet switched (PS) domain to a circuit switched (CS) domain, the first message further comprises identification information of a target device, and the target device is a second access network device in a 3G network, and sending, by the AMF entity, through a mobility management entity (MME) a request message to a mobile switching center (MSC) entity, where the request message comprises information indicating a source of the first message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoying Xu, Xing Liu, Jing Chen, Qinghai Zeng, Yang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11523277
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication method and system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The present disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. Embodiments herein provide a method for authentication by dynamically generating security credentials in plug and play scenarios without a pre-configuration of F1 security credentials at an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) relay device in a wireless network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Rajavelsamy Rajadurai
  • Patent number: 11523313
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a communication method and a system for converging a 5th-Generation (5G) communication system for supporting higher data rates beyond a 4th-Generation (4G) system with a technology for Internet of Things (IoT). The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services based on the 5G communication technology and the IoT-related technology, such as smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car, connected car, health care, digital education, smart retail, security and safety services. A method for executing a handover by a UE in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes receiving, by a user equipments (UE), from a source cell a handover configuration comprising an execution condition associated with at least one candidate target cell from a plurality of candidate target cells and a configuration associated with the at least one candidate target cell from a plurality of candidate target cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fasil Abdul Latheef, Mangesh Abhimanyu Ingale